Improvement in sqldering-machine



ltuitril Stabat- @met @time Lelie/rs Patent No. 100,160, dated Febrml/ry 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SQLDERINGMACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JSEPE LECOMTE, 'of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of N ew York, have, invented new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Crimping and Uniting Sheet- Metal Joints by Heat and Pressure; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which are lettered to correspond with and'form-a part ofthe specification.

To enable the public to understand the nature of my invention, and those who are skilled' in the mechanic arts to construct and operate the same, I will describe it as follows, to wit: v

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my machine for crimping and uniting the joints of both ends of a cylindric tin can by heat and pressure.

F is the frame-work..

D' is the pressure-lever.

B is the cog gearing which operates the hollow cylindric chucks or formers o o o' o which are provided' with beveicd bearings u n u' u", o1' otherwise, to suit the top and bottom seams ofthe can C.

'lhe beveled hollow mandre lor chuck u is horizon- Atally adjusted by means of the lever D and eccentric joint n, to allow the can to be removed from the machine A after completion.v

G G are vertical gas-pipes having horizontal jets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (i, 7 8, also internal air-pipes P 1, with corresponding jets, asshown at iig. 5.

The lever His employed to' raise or lower the top rollers it u which are moved vertically between the standards s s, fig'. 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical end view. of my apparatus showing two sets of gas-blast jets 1, 2, 3, 4 applied to cac-h inner side ofthe hollow mandi-els 'or formerswll a u n", in lieu of employing but one set of burners at the centre ofthe hollow chucks, as shown at iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective drawing of the upper hollow rollers or foi-mers o o.

Figure 4 is a perspective drawing of the lower hollow rollers or foi-mers o o".

Figure 5 is a vertical section of my gas-blast pipes showing the gas-jets, 6, 7, 8, and innerv air-jets with Hence, the novelty of my apparatus does not consist in the use of heat and. pressure as employed and set forth in my Patent of January 12, 1869; but it does consist in the construction of a machine A that willcrimp and solder both ends of a tin or other sheetmetal can at the same time by means of .a particular arrangement of gas and atmospheric air tweers or jets so as to distribute the flame or hot-blasttherefrom into or upon the cylindric rollers or mandrels o o o o', as shownin the drawings.

What I claim as new and useful, and wish to sccure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

' 1. 'lho machine A, with hollow or solid forming rollers or mandrels o. o '0' o', and suitable bearings u u u' u, levers D and D', with joints n, in combination with blast-pipes G G, arranged for the purpose set forth.

2. The arrangement of the blast-pipes G G and P I, with jets vo r tweers 1,-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, for the purpose of soldering both ends of a metallic can C or other vessel at the same time, in combination with the machinery herein described and set forth.

3. The cylindrical lchucks or formers o o o' c', provided with bearings au 'a' u, leversD D', eccentric joint n, in combination with gas-pipes G G, and iuternal air-pipes I l, with jets arranged between the standards S S, as described for the purpose set forth.

` In. testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe 1n y name in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOSEPH LE COMTE.

Witnesses:

JAMES l). MCLEAN, GEO. L. CARLISLE. 

